Empty Promises

You keep filling my
Filling my head
With empty promises
And to be honest it's
No good for me

I keep writing songs but you just take away the meaning
Like even if you believed em, somehow feels like I can't seem to
Cause we get less than a billion words
Til we're gone
And girl it's silly but
I'm just not really involved
No, not emotionally
Cause you made me so damn insensitive
I was hoping that we could just move past this phase and end with
A promise you'll keep
Like "I do"
But I can't
Cause "I don't"
Understand
Why you hold out your hands
Like you'll catch me
When you just let me fall
And I go all in
But that's me
Cause I just trust you
Even though I know
That you hurt me
It serves me right
Cause I keep opening my arms
And I keep holding down my guard
For you to shoot me in the heart
You backstabber
And now you tell me that it doesn't matter
What happened yesterday
We'll make our way up the social ladder
Is that what this is all about
Why you've been running off your mouth
Telling me to smile
How it's contagious when I'm down
How

You keep filling my
Filling my head
With empty promises
And to be honest it's
No good for me

I've been telling my
Telling myself
That empty promises
Can't be this obvious
No, I won't believe

You tell me that you're gonna start treating me better
When I get a letter in the mail saying I made it, I'll see heaven
And you say that everything's goin be the way it is on television
That just seems like tunnel vision
Tell me why I ever listened
I can almost taste it
Our future looks so amazing
On paper
But the second we start having babies
You're goin try to name em
And raise em to be exactly like you are
But I don't want a son or daughter whose first instinct is to harm
If they don't get their way
They'll just try manipulation
But I wanna teach em patience
I've been waiting like you'll change but
Right now I can't see it happening babe
I know we laugh and it ain't
Always that bad but I can't
Be in love with a nature I hate
Like a character trait
That I'm swearing I'll break
But I'm tearing the page
And the ink just won't fade
It's forever ingrained in your mind
And I'd like to think
"Hey, probably so am I"
But I know we're surrounded by lies
And deep down you know right
From the wrong and you'll try when I'm gone
But I can't anymore
When can I see some heaven, so I can move on
Cause it feels like I'm dead
I'm a mess
But you just keep
Messing with my head

You keep filling my
Filling my head
With empty promises
And to be honest it's
No good for me

I've been telling my
Telling myself
That empty promises
Can't be this obvious
No, I won't believe

The words you say
Are like hand grenades
Disguised to blow up in my face
You play the game
Like it's bad charades
You lead me on with something fake

You keep filling my
Filling my head
With empty promises
And to be honest it
Not meant to be